NASA, having made its last space shuttle flight earlier this year, is now relying on private companies like Space X to make those space runs. The world's first commercial supply ship was let loose by astronauts on Thursday after a five-day visit to the final frontier.

The six-man space station crew got a, "Great work, guys," from NASA's Mission Control, however, within minutes, the capsule was outside of the NASA-controlled safety zone and under the complete jurisdiction of SpaceX's California team.

SpaceX guided the craft's descent through the atmosphere to a targeted splashdown off the coast of Mexico, 560 miles west of Baja California. A fleet of boats waited in position to welcome the creature home.

The capsule will be transported by barge to Los Angeles where it will be trucked to the SpaceX rocket factory in Texas for inspection and unloading.